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Steven T. Waterman is a shareholder of Ray Quinney & Nebeker in the Salt Lake City office, where his practice focuses in the area of creditors’ rights, commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings. In particular, Mr. Waterman has a reputation as a zealous advocate for financial institutions and franchisors in bankruptcy cases and commercial litigation. His experience includes bankruptcy reorganizations, Uniform Commercial Code litigation, Lanham Act enforcement litigation, receivership cases and stock brokerage liquidations under the Securities Investor Protection Act. Mr. Waterman was awarded his Juris Doctorate degree by the University of Utah College of Law in 1983, after receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Management-Finance from Brigham Young University in 1980. He is admitted to practice law in Utah and Wyoming and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, Utah Supreme Court, Wyoming Supreme Court, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Courts for the Districts of Utah and Wyoming, and the Courts of the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Utah Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Forum (Trustee 1994-1997, President 1994-1995). His civic activities include having served as a trustee of his homeowners’ association from 1998-2000. Since 1997, Mr. Waterman has served on the Admissions Committee of the Utah State Bar and has served as its Chair or Co-Chair from 1998 to present. In 2001, Governor Michael O. Leavitt appointed Mr. Waterman as the Chair of the Utah Procurement Appeals Board. He has been a presenter at a number of education programs for bankers, lawyers, accountants and the community.
Mr. Waterman has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the list of The Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law. Mr. Waterman also maintains an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. He has also been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s Legal Elite in the categories of Bankruptcy Law and Business Litigation (as published in Utah Business Magazine).
EDUCATION
University of Utah, J.D., 1983
William H. Leary Scholar
Brigham Young University, B.S., Business Management-Finance, 1980
PRACTICE AREAS
Banking and Financial Institutions
Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Insolvency Law and Litigation
Litigation
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Watkiss & Campbell (Watkiss & Saperstein), 1983-1992
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Utah State Bar, 1983
Wyoming State Bar, 1993
United States Supreme Court, 2002
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985
Courts of the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes, 1999
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
American Bankruptcy Institute
Utah Bankruptcy Lawyer's Forum, Trustee, 1994-1997, President 1994-1995
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Board Member, Pepperwood Homeowners' Association (1998-2000)
Member, Admissions Committee, Utah State Bar (1997 to present, Chair or Co-Chair 1998 to present)
Chair, Utah Procurement Appeals Board (2001 to present) | 